# Sodium cyanide: Chemistry in its element

An episode of [The chemical breakdown & Chemistry in its element](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1162733995), 31 Jan 2020, 7:36.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/chemistryinitselement/Ciie_sodium_cyanide.mp3?dest-id=405840

This week marks the 20th anniversary of the Baia Mare disaster, when toxic sodium cyanide spilled from a gold processing plant led to ecological damage on a huge scale. Mike Freemantle tells the tragic tale and explores the poison's place in precious metal processing.

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